2023 Chevrolet Suburban Safety and Reliability

The IIHS has not had the opportunity to provide a thorough review of the Chevy Suburban. Thankfully, the NHTSA has tested the Suburban, but it's not great news. These days we expect a new car to get a full five-star review, yet the Suburban only managed to get a four-star rating. The NHTSA gave it five out of five in the side crash, but four stars in the front impact and just three in the rollover segment. This rating is not due to the additional weight, as the Tahoe received the same results.

When you opt for the front bench seat in your Suburban, the airbag count is six. In every other configuration and trim, the Suburban comes standard with seven airbags. Other traditional items include tire-pressure monitoring, traction and stability control, ABS, a teen-driver feature, and a rearview camera.

Chevrolet includes many driver-assistance features as standard across the range. The list consists of a following-distance indicator, forward-collision warning, front pedestrian detection, standard front and rear parking sensors, lane-keep assist, and lane-departure warning on all trims. Premier models also add blind-spot alert and lane-change alert. Lower trims can option on additional driver aids as part of the available packages. The two top trims can also be ordered with more enhanced driver-assistance systems at additional cost, including adaptive cruise control and enhanced automatic emergency braking.

From this year, Super Cruise - GM's semi-autonomous driving assistant that works on certain highways - is optional on the Premier and High Country trims, but it comes bundled with several other features, both convenience items and driver assists, resulting in a total cost of at least $5,000 to over $8,200, depending on the trim.

The new Chevrolet Suburban SUV was off to a rocky start in its launch year. The 2021 model was recalled a total of ten times during its first year on sale for a variety of reasons. Chevrolet made quick work of fixing the issues and the 2022 Suburban's recalls dwindled to just two, for improper rivets on a seatbelt-buckle assembly and for running lights that may not deactivate; so far, the latter one has also carried over to the 2023 Suburban.

The recalls reflect in the Suburban's JD Power Ownership Survey results. The 2021 Suburban scored over eighty in every category but Quality & Reliability, which scored only 70, dragging the overall score down to 78 out of 100. This quickly improved to better scores of 75 and 80, respectively, for both 2022 and 2023, but there is still some way to go.